William H. O'Brien
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Australian born William H. O'Brien began his screen acting career in Australia in 1918, then resumed in Hollywood in 1921. He continued acting in films and television series to 1971.
Known for
Credits
Some Like It Hot (1959)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
Witness for the Prosecution (1957)
as Barrister (uncredited)
Citizen Kane (1941)
as Secretary (uncredited)
High Noon (1952)
as Church Member (uncredited)
The Graduate (1967)
as Hotel Guest (uncredited)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
as Courtroom Spectator (uncredited)
Rebecca (1940)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Sabrina (1954)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Around the World in 80 Days (1956)
as Extra (uncredited)
Ocean's Eleven (1960)
as Waiter at Burlesque Club (uncredited)
All About Eve (1950)
as Waiter at Margo's Party (uncredited)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953)
as Ship Passenger (uncredited)
A Streetcar Named Desire (1951)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Dial M for Murder (1954)
as Waiter at Stag Dinner (uncredited)
Hollywood Mystery (1934)
as Tony's Butler
Bedknobs and Broomsticks (1971)
as Portobello Road Passerby (uncredited)
The Big Sleep (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
as German Prisoner in Cafeteria (uncredited)
Scarface (1932)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Airport (1970)
as Waiter at Men's Club
Daddy Long Legs (1955)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Sorry, Wrong Number (1948)
as Waiter at Wedding Reception (uncredited)
The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Seven Year Itch (1955)
as Man at Train Station (uncredited)
Topaz (1969)
as Butler (uncredited)
Pillow Talk (1959)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1945)
as Footman (uncredited)
Rio Lobo (1970)
as Man in Army Post Saloon (uncredited)
The High and the Mighty (1954)
as Restaurant Cook
Ace in the Hole (1951)
as Customer at Minosa's (uncredited)
Désirée (1954)
as Servant (uncredited)
Bachelor Bait (1934)
as Waiter #2 (uncredited)
Jungle Goddess (1948)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Julius Caesar (1953)
as Senator (uncredited)
Valley of the Dolls (1967)
as Bartender (uncredited)
The Harder They Fall (1956)
as Ringsider (uncredited)
Sweet Smell of Success (1957)
as Waiter at 21 (uncredited)
Father of the Bride (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Thin Man (1934)
as Bartender (uncredited)
A Star Is Born (1954)
as Academy Awards Attendee (uncredited)
Captain Swagger (1928)
as Waiter
Dirigible (1931)
as Sailor (uncredited)
The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Fallen Angel (1945)
as Bus Passenger (uncredited)
The Children's Hour (1961)
as Funeral Assistant (uncredited)
A Place in the Sun (1951)
as Servant at Eastman's Party (uncredited)
Ball of Fire (1941)
as Baseball Game Spectator (uncredited)
Merrily We Go to Hell (1932)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Bounty Hunter (1954)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Action in the North Atlantic (1943)
as Lieutenant-Commander at Meeting (uncredited)
Battle Cry (1955)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Little Caesar (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Undercover Maisie (1947)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Let's Dance (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
So Proudly We Hail (1943)
as Troop Ship Survivor (Uncredited)
The Helen Morgan Story (1957)
as Surprise Party Guest (uncredited)
The Far Country (1954)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Murder by Contract (1958)
as Hotel Take-Out Delivery Man (uncredited)
The Time of Their Lives (1946)
as Danbury Servant (uncredited)
Government Girl (1943)
as Man in Hotel Lobby (uncredited)
Body and Soul (1947)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Canyon Passage (1946)
as Miner (uncredited)
The Woman in Green (1945)
as Pembrook House Waiter (uncredited)
Hollywood Scout (1945)
as Man with Chimpanzee (uncredited)
The Men (1950)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Gypsy (1962)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
The Trouble with Girls (1969)
as Hotel Lobby Extra (uncredited)
Special Agent (1949)
as Barber's Customer (uncredited)
It's Always Fair Weather (1955)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
as Old Chess Player (uncredited)
Elmer Gantry (1960)
as Train Conductor
The Unsuspected (1947)
as Servant with Tray (uncredited)
The Tattered Dress (1957)
as Juror (uncredited)
Superman and the Mole Men (1951)
as Townsman (uncredited)
One Night in the Tropics (1940)
as Joe, Club Roscoe Waiter (uncredited)
Fort Ti (1953)
as Bartender
The Naughty Nineties (1945)
as Troupe Member (uncredited)
The Last Hurrah (1958)
as Man (uncredited)
Illegal (1955)
as Butler (uncredited)
Munster, Go Home! (1966)
as Man at Customs (uncredited)
Undercurrent (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Topper Returns (1941)
as Second Butler (uncredited)
Bombers B-52 (1957)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
In Old Chicago (1938)
as Senate Waiter (uncredited)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
as Detective at Murder Scene
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947)
Actor
It Happened on Fifth Avenue (1947)
as Executive (uncredited)
Abbott and Costello Meet the Mummy (1955)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Designing Woman (1957)
as Party Guest (uncredited)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
as Juror (uncredited)
Not With My Wife, You Don't! (1966)
as Waiter at Officer's Ball (uncredited)
He Ran All the Way (1951)
as Man Entering Apt. Building (uncredited)
Five and Ten (1931)
as Duncan (uncredited)
The Joker is Wild (1957)
as Nightclub Patron (uncredited)
The Walking Dead (1936)
as Juror (uncredited)
The Damned Don't Cry (1950)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
Trouble Along the Way (1953)
as Bartender Joe
San Francisco (1936)
as Waiter at Chicken's Ball (uncredited)
Horizons West (1952)
as Barfly (uncredited)
The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
as Train Passenger (uncredited)
There's Always Tomorrow (1956)
Actor
Zorro's Fighting Legion (1939)
as Legionnaire
I Walk Alone (1947)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Only Yesterday (1933)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
The Blonde from Singapore (1941)
Actor
The Gay Deception (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Flamingo Road (1949)
Actor
The Wet Parade (1932)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
In Society (1944)
as Party Waiter (uncredited)
Nobody Lives Forever (1946)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Invisible Man (1951)
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Monkey Business (1931)
as Waiter
Pressure Point (1962)
as Bund Meeting Spectator
Who Was That Lady? (1960)
as Passenger Exiting Elevator (uncredited)
Toby Tyler or Ten Weeks with a Circus (1960)
as Circus Spectator
Woman in Hiding (1950)
as Conventioneer (uncredited)
Hollywood Story (1951)
as Café Waiter (uncredited)
Diamond Jim (1935)
as Waiter
Daisy Kenyon (1947)
as Bartender at Stork Club (uncredited)
The Strange Door (1951)
Actor
The Pied Piper of Hamelin (1957)
as Townsman (uncredited)
The Man in the Iron Mask (1939)
as Servant
A Song to Remember (1945)
as Guest at Salon Concert (uncredited)
Angel on My Shoulder (1946)
as Court Spectator (uncredited)
Something to Live For (1952)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 (1938)
as Reporter (uncredited)
Carrie (1952)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Two Sisters from Boston (1946)
as Recording Lab Assistant (uncredited)
One of Our Spies Is Missing (1966)
as The Butler (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Half-Naked Truth (1932)
as Hotel Waiter (uncredited)
Forty Little Mothers (1940)
as Waiter
A Night at the Opera (1935)
as Stagehand (uncredited)
The Gracie Allen Murder Case (1939)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Mysterious Lady (1928)
as Cafe Waiter Serving Wine (uncredited)
The Firefly (1937)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Midnight Mary (1933)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Lady on a Train (1945)
Actor
The Hoodlum Saint (1946)
as Waiter at Wedding Brunch (uncredited)
Girl from Rio (1939)
as Condor Club Headwaiter
Wells Fargo (1937)
as Headwaiter
Money, Women and Guns (1958)
as Hotel Desk Clerk (uncredited)
Red-Headed Woman (1932)
as Waiter at Gaerste Party (uncredited)
Strictly Unconventional (1930)
as Footman
The Todd Killings (1971)
as Mr. Miller (uncredited)
Keep 'Em Flying (1941)
as Waiter at Manila Club (uncredited)
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
as Butler (uncredited)
She-Wolf of London (1946)
as Constable (uncredited)
On the Riviera (1951)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
You Gotta Stay Happy (1948)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Iron Man (1951)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Men Call It Love (1931)
as Brooks' Butler (uncredited)
Woman's World (1954)
as Servant
City for Conquest (1940)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Louisa (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Critic's Choice (1963)
as Audience Member (uncredited)
No Time for Comedy (1940)
as Waiter in Bar (uncredited)
Million Dollar Baby (1941)
Actor
Smart Money (1931)
as Nick's Chauffeur Bill (uncredited)
Sincerely Yours (1955)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
New York Confidential (1955)
Actor
Ma and Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
I Was a Teenage Frankenstein (1957)
as Rooming House Boarder (uncredited)
The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap (1947)
as Card Dealer (uncredited)
The Story on Page One (1959)
as Courtroom Reporter (uncredited)
No Time for Love (1943)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Zero Hour! (1957)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Home Before Dark (1958)
as Waiter at Christmas Party
It's a Great Feeling (1949)
as Saloon Waiter (uncredited)
Emma (1932)
as Man (uncredited)
Buck Benny Rides Again (1940)
as Waiter
Hired Wife (1940)
as Waiter
Christmas Holiday (1944)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Miss Grant Takes Richmond (1949)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Climax (1944)
as Audience Member (Uncredited)
The Sky Raiders (1931)
as Henchman Conte
Do You Love Me (1946)
as Waiter at Mindy's (uncredited)
The Leopard Man (1943)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello Meet the Killer, Boris Karloff (1949)
as Room Service Waiter (uncredited)
Anna Christie (1930)
as Waiter at Coney Island (uncredited)
Lady for a Night (1942)
as King's Club Worker (uncredited)
The Old Homestead (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Anybody's Woman (1930)
as Butler
Abbott and Costello Meet the Keystone Kops (1955)
as Movie Patron (uncredited)
The Falcon Takes Over (1942)
as Nightclub Waiter (Uncredited)
It Started with Eve (1941)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Gunpoint (1966)
Actor
The Earl of Chicago (1940)
as Turnkey (uncredited)
City of Chance (1940)
as Waiter
Test Pilot (1938)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Eternally Yours (1939)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Swing Shift Maisie (1943)
as Courtroom Spectator (Uncredited)
The Doolins of Oklahoma (1949)
as Bartender (uncredited)
Maisie Gets Her Man (1942)
as Detective Taking in Hixby (Uncredited)
Special Investigator (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter
Frenchie (1950)
as Townsman (uncredited)
Road to Rio (1947)
as Ship's Waiter (uncredited)
The Comic (1969)
as Funeral Guest (uncredited)
Ex-Lady (1933)
as Butler (uncredited)
Kitty (1945)
as Coach Footman (uncredited)
The Feminine Touch (1941)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Gold Is Where You Find It (1938)
as Butler at Party (uncredited)
Take a Letter, Darling (1942)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Brooklyn Orchid (1942)
as Waiter at Party
North of the Rio Grande (1937)
as Bald Saloon Waiter
Margin for Error (1943)
as Waiter
Honeymoon in Bali (1939)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Ivy (1947)
as Barrister (uncredited)
Race Street (1948)
as Racetrack Spectator (uncredited)
The Delicious Little Devil (1919)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Bannerline (1951)
Actor
The Star (1952)
as Waiter at Party (uncredited)
The Spider Woman (1943)
as Doorman (uncredited)
Movie Crazy (1932)
as Waiter (Uncredited)
Johnny Allegro (1949)
Actor
A Woman of Affairs (1928)
as Man Peering Into Room (uncredited)
The Rage of Paris (1938)
as Nightclub Bartender (uncredited)
The Square Jungle (1955)
Actor
Go Into Your Dance (1935)
as Casino de Paree Waiter
Shakedown (1950)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Hit Parade of 1941 (1940)
as Waiter
Children of Pleasure (1930)
as Party Butler #2 (uncredited)
The Trespasser (1929)
as Butler (uncredited)
King of the Roaring 20's – The Story of Arnold Rothstein (1961)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Patsy (1928)
as Waiter (uncredited)
That's Right – You're Wrong (1939)
as Lawn Party Waiter (Uncredited)
Pot o' Gold (1941)
as Country Club Waiter (uncredited)
Cry Tough (1959)
Actor
Edison, the Man (1940)
as Waiter
Hallelujah, I'm a Bum (1933)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Country Doctor (1936)
as Waiter in Restaurant (uncredited)
Anything Goes (1956)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Vagabond Lady (1935)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Wheeler Dealers (1963)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Long Lost Father (1934)
as Waiter Getting Carl to Telephone
Carnival Rock (1957)
as Onlooker at Fire (uncredited)
The Tiger Woman (1945)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Turnabout (1940)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
as Banquet Servant
The Blot (1921)
as College Student (uncredited)
Captain Caution (1940)
as English Sailor Who Pleads for Water
The Racket (1928)
as Detective Frisking Nick
Playboy of Paris (1930)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Once More, My Darling (1949)
as Waiter
Champagne Charlie (1936)
as Extra as Ship Waiter
The Showdown (1940)
as Bald Bartender
Sinner Take All (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Love Thy Neighbor (1940)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Singing Fool (1928)
as Waiter at Blackie Joe's (uncredited)
While the City Sleeps (1928)
as Apartment Tenant
Hong Kong (1952)
as Observer at Scene (uncredited)
The Guilty Generation (1931)
as Victor - Mike's Butler
Shadow of Doubt (1935)
as Waiter
Reaching for the Moon (1930)
as Servant Telling Larry London is Calling (uncredited)
Sin Takes a Holiday (1930)
as Waiter at Royal Club (uncredited)
Remember? (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Ladies' Man (1931)
as Elevator starter
Larceny on the Air (1937)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Niagara Falls (1941)
as Waiter (uncredited)
A Chump at Oxford (1940)
as Man in Unemployment Office (uncredited)
Street of Chance (1930)
as Waiter (uncredited)
The Phantom of Paris (1931)
as Chéri-Bibi's Valet (uncredited)
The Arizonian (1935)
as Waiter in Opera House
Curtain Call (1940)
as Waiter Bringing Caviar
The Road to Reno (1931)
as Waiter
Mexican Spitfire Out West (1940)
as Waiter
Faithless (1932)
as Croupier
Alias the Champ (1949)
as Audience Spectator (uncredited)
West of Broadway (1931)
as Waiter (uncredited)
His Family Tree (1935)
as Man at Mayoral Debate
To Beat the Band (1935)
as Waiter
Forgotten Women (1931)
as Sleek's Butler
Submarine (1928)
as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited)
Daybreak (1931)
as Bartender
Big Time Or Bust (1933)
as Hammond's Butler (uncredited)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1944)
as Servant Peeking in Keyhole (uncredited)
Dance Charlie Dance (1937)
as Bored Spectator (uncredited)
The Misses Stooge (1935)
as The Butler (uncredited)
Let Us Be Gay (1930)
as Struthers - 2nd Butler (as William O'Brien)
Stronger Than Desire (1939)
as Waiter (uncredited)
Chicago Confidential (1957)
as Dixon's Valet (uncredited)
New Moon (1930)
as Waiter at Ball
Tomorrow We Live (1942)
Actor
Sing, Baby, Sing (1936)
as Nightclub Waiter
The Mad Whirl (1925)
Actor